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'''Osler's Sign''' is a [[medical sign]] named in honor of the famous Professor [[William Osler]], Professor of Medicine at the [[Johns Hopkins University]]. |
'''Osler's Sign''' is a [[medical sign]] named in honor of the famous Professor [[William Osler]], Professor of Medicine at the [[Johns Hopkins University]]. |
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It is an artificially and falsely elevated [[blood pressure]] reading obtained through [[sphygmomanometry]] due to [[atherosclerosis|arteriosclerotic]], [[calcification|calcified]] [[blood vessel]]s which do not [[physiology|physiologically]] compress with pressure. Because they do not compress with pressure normally, the blood pressure reading is higher than it truly ought to be. |
It is an artificially and falsely elevated [[blood pressure]] reading obtained through [[sphygmomanometry]] due to [[atherosclerosis|arteriosclerotic]], [[calcification|calcified]] [[blood vessel]]s which do not [[physiology|physiologically]] compress with pressure. Because they do not compress with pressure normally, the blood pressure reading is higher than it truly ought to be. It can indicate [[pseudohypertension]].<ref name="urlTHE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 85, Hypertension">{{cite web |url=http://www.merck.com/mkgr/mmg/sec11/ch85/ch85a.jsp |title=THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 85, Hypertension |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-12-20}}</ref> |
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A different "Osler's sign" can indicate [[Graves' disease]].<ref name="pmid3884118">{{cite journal |author=Graner JL |title="Osler's sign": pretibial myxedema of Graves' disease |journal=Can Med Assoc J |volume=132 |issue=7 |pages=745–6 |year=1985 |month=April |pmid=3884118 |pmc=1345862 |doi= |url=}}</ref> |
A different "Osler's sign" can indicate [[Graves' disease]].<ref name="pmid3884118">{{cite journal |author=Graner JL |title="Osler's sign": pretibial myxedema of Graves' disease |journal=Can Med Assoc J |volume=132 |issue=7 |pages=745–6 |year=1985 |month=April |pmid=3884118 |pmc=1345862 |doi= |url=}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:11, 20 December 2008
Osler's Sign is a medical sign named in honor of the famous Professor William Osler, Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University.
It is an artificially and falsely elevated blood pressure reading obtained through sphygmomanometry due to arteriosclerotic, calcified blood vessels which do not physiologically compress with pressure. Because they do not compress with pressure normally, the blood pressure reading is higher than it truly ought to be. It can indicate pseudohypertension.[1]
A different "Osler's sign" can indicate Graves' disease.[2]
References
- ^ "THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 85, Hypertension". Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ Graner JL (1985). ""Osler's sign": pretibial myxedema of Graves' disease". Can Med Assoc J. 132 (7): 745–6. PMC 1345862. PMID 3884118.
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